[Poetry reading at the University at Buffalo, July 2, 1969] / James Wright.

Recorded at the Norton Conference Theatre, University at Buffalo on July 2, 1969 on 7 inch Scotch reel-to-reel tape.

This recording is of a poetry reading by James Wright as part of the University at Buffalo summer reading series. Wright reads his original poetry, as well as two works he has translated, and poems written by John Wieners which he appreciates. Introduction by Thomas E. Connolly.

James Wright.

The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries. Digital conversion was made possible through a 2009 National Endowment for the Humanities grant.

1969

Sound recording

PCR353

James Wright reads three poems written by John Wieners:Wrapped up in an Indian blanket --Tuesday 7 p.m. --You talk of going but don't even have a suitcase. --Wright reading his original poetry:As I step over a puddle at the end of winter, I think of an ancient Chinese governor --Lying in a hammock at William Duffy's farm in Fire Island, Minnesota --The jewel --By a lake in Minnesota --Beginning --Snowstorm in the Midwest --Having lost my sons, I confront the wreckage of the moon, Christmas, 1960 --Living by the Red River --To flood stage again --Listening to the mourners --A secret gratitude --Humming a tune for an old lady in West Virginia --Small frogs killed on the highway --Not in marble palaces /Wright's translation of Pedro Salinas' poem --A swarm of gnats /Wright's translation of Hermann Hesse's poem.

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